Strategic Alignment In Construction Firms At Fortaleza/Ce: Application Of A Model For Measuring

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, George Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Vieira, João Paulo Pierre, Barros Neto, José de Paula, Almeida, Danilo Costa de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Sistemas & Gestão
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistasg.uff.br/sg/article/view/V8N2A6
• topic: Alignment; Strategy; Civil Construction; Enterprises; Alignment; Strategy; Civil Construction; Enterprises; estratégia; alinhamento; construção civil; empresas; critérios competitivos; Alinhamento Estratégico

The concept of alignment is emerging, companies can no longer wasting their resources on ill-conceivedstrategies, processes that do not meet the needs of clients or with people who do not understand or do not contributeto the achievement of company strategy. In the Construction companies this situation is not different, the competitionhas proved to be relevant. The justification for this work relates to the importance of strategy and reflexes of differentperceptions about the same within the organizations by their members, emphasizing also the limited amount ofstudies on the topics: strategic alignment and strategy in construction industry. It has been a research problem asmisalignment between the contents of the current strategy (perceived) in the competitive and functional level. Thisstudy was part of a dissertation, which consists of analyzing the strategic alignment in construction from the applicationof a method for analyzing, measuring and comparing / viewing the strategic alignment in construction companies,focusing on competitive strategy and strategy production, highlighting the criteria prioritized in competitive businesses.Studies multicasos were had in fourteen builders of the city of Fortaleza, selected by convenience and accessibility. Weanalyzed the companies from the application of the method. In each companies two representatives participatedin the survey, and their perceptions were confronted. This has resulted, ultimately, to a certain degree of alignment ineach company, enabling a comparison of results. Finally, we present the findings and suggestions for future researches.